Parkerizing Nitrded barrel

[bodiebill]

Any problems. Involved in parkerizing a Nitrided barrel?

[ar15barrels]

The sandblaster will cut through the nitriding and then the raw steel will park just fine.

[Gunsmith Dan]

Glocks slides are Pakerized over a Nitrided finish .... so yes definitely. In fact a nitride surface has a fine etched surface so no need outside of degreasing and solvent cleaning before Parkerizing, just make sure the surface is contamination free and wear powder free gloves when handling it.

[Nathan Krynn]

I feel like I am missing something but what would the point of this be?

[kcstott]

Nate,
Hang around here long enough and you will see dumber thing happening.

[ar15barrels]

I feel like I am missing something but what would the point of this be?

This question was brought to you by the same crowd that would want pre-finished 80% frames...

[Gunsmith Dan]

Nitrited finishes comes out the same color as steel so unless you like steel grey finishes you need to put something over it to make it black. Nitrited finishes are not rust proof but rust resistant so they still need to be oiled for protection against corrosion.

That might be why the OP wants to parkerize the barrel, Glock been doing it since they started so unless you want to call them stupid there would be valid reasons to do it.

[kcstott]

Well I personally dislike Glock with copious amounts of distane But for other reasons. Good weapons I just don't like them at all.

Personal opinions aside yeah Nitriding is just ever so slightly darker then raw heat treated steel. very light charcoal gray.

I've kinda given up on asking why anymore unless it's a safety issue. I don't care what the guy does with his gun.

[johnjohn301]

And a good example of all the self-serving, greater-than-thou, butt-sucking, snarky attitude that these, and so many other forums of the type become known for. Good job fellas!